THE SORRY TALE by Patience Worth Scarce First Edition SIGNED Association Copy

Description: An intriguing association copy of the first Patience Worth book. A curious figure and early 20th Century publishing phenomenon, Worth was purportedly a spirit who channeled her writings one-letter-at-a-time through the Ouija board of a St. Louis woman named Pearl Curran. This copy with a lengthy inscription from the book's editor, Casper S. Yost, to Elizabeth "Bessie" Morse founder of St. Louis' Morse School of Expression and recorded attendee of Curran's early channeling sessions. WORTH, Patience. THE SORRY TALE: A Story of the Time of Christ. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1917. First Edition. 644pp. Approximately 8 1/4" x 5 3/4." Black cloth over boards wtih publisher's gilt decoration to front, spine. Lacking dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR to first blank endpage: "MY DEAR BESS: / MAY YOU FIND THE HOUSE OF / SILAS AND LEARN THEREIN THE FULL WISDOM / OF WANTING. MAY YOU LEARN THAT LOVE / EVER CONQUERS DEATH, AND THAT HOWEVER / VAST THE DESERT THERE COMES A TIME / WHEN THE PALMS WAVE. "IT SHALL BE." / CASPER S. YOST." Gilt lightly dulled at front, near entirely at spine. Tiny bit of corner bumping, otherwise sound, clean. Thin split beginning at inner, front hinge. Overall very good. FREE USPS shipment to The USA, safely packed and promptly dispatched same business day as payment. Please don't hesitate with questions and thanks for looking.

Price: 400 USD

Location: Saint Louis, Missouri

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